Beatles – Anthology Bundel (12LP+8CD)

Het muzikale verhaal van The Beatles is een van de meest bestudeerde uit de popgeschiedenis. De baanbrekende Anthology-serie bood in de jaren negentig een unieke blik achter de schermen van hun creatieve proces. Deze uitgebreide collectie onthult de evolutie van ‘s werelds meest invloedrijke band aan de hand van studio-outtakes, live-opnames en onuitgegeven demo’s. Voor het eerst wordt deze legendarische serie compleet gemaakt met een vierde deel, Anthology 4, en zijn alle tracks voor deze uitgave in 2025 opnieuw gemasterd door Giles Martin. Dit is een muzikale reis van 191 nummers, die de complete evolutie van de band documenteert, van hun vroege opnames in 1958 tot de recente single Now And Then uit 2023.

Muzikale stijl: Rock, Pop, Psychedelische rock, Folkrock

VinylBoxset:

• Geremasterd in 2025 door Giles Martin

• Nieuwe compilatie ‘Anthology 4’ met 13 nooit eerder uitgebrachte tracks

• ‘Anthology 4’ bevat tevens 26 tracks die niet eerder op vinyl zijn verschenen

• ‘Free As A Bird’ en ‘Real Love’ zijn opnieuw gemixt door Jeff Lynne

• Geperst op 180g zwart vinyl

• Vier 3LP-albums in triple gatefold hoezen en slipcase

• Originele sleevenotes van Mark Lewisohn en herstelde foto’s voor Anthology 1-3

• Anthology 4 heeft nieuwe sleevenotes van Kevin Howlett

• Bevat vier 12-inch band photo art cards in een genummerde envelop (niet in deze versiebeschikbaar, (update 21-11-2025)

• Gelimiteerde uitgave (8500 totaal)

• Genummerde uitgave

CD Boxset:

• De complete “Anthology”-collectie, bestaande uit vier 2CD-albums.

• Bevat de drie originele albums, plus de nieuwe compilatie “Anthology 4.”

• Alle 191 tracks zijn in 2025 geremasterd door Giles Martin.

• Anthology 4 bevat 13 niet eerder uitgebrachte nummers en 17 songs die voorheen niet op CD beschikbaar waren.

• Inclusief de nieuwe 2025 mixes van Free As A Bird en Real Love door Jeff Lynne.

• Elk van de vier 2CD-albums is gehuisvest in een gatefold digisleeve met een uitgebreid boekje (40+ pagina’s).

• De buitenste slipcase is voorzien van het originele Klaus Voorman triptiek artwork en een 3/4 O-Card afbeelding met de tracklist.

TRACKLIST LP:
Anthology 1
LP1 Side 1
1: Free As A Bird (1995 mix)
2: John Lennon Speech 1
3: Thatll Be The Day
4: In Spite Of All The Danger
5: Paul McCartney Speech 1
6: Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Home demo)
7: Youll Be Mine (Home demo)
8: Cayenne (Home demo)
9: Paul McCartney Speech 2
10: My Bonnie
11: Aint She Sweet
12: Cry For A Shadow

LP1 Side 2
1: John Lennon Speech 2
2: Brian Epstein Speech 1
3: Searchin (Decca audition)
4: Three Cool Cats (Decca audition)
5: The Sheik Of Araby (Decca audition)
6: Like Dreamers Do (Decca audition)
7: Hello Little Girl (Decca audition)
8: Brian Epstein Speech 2
9: Besame Mucho (June 1962 version)
10: Love Me Do (First version)
11: How Do You Do It
12: Please Please Me (First version)

LP2 Side 3
1: One After 909 (Takes 3, 4 and 5)
2: One After 909 (Edit of Takes 4 and 5)
3: Lend Me Your Comb (BBC recording)
4: Ill Get You (Sunday Night at the London Palladium)
5: John Lennon Speech 3
6: I Saw Her Standing There (Live in Stockholm)
7: From Me To You (Live in Stockholm)
8: Money (Thats What I Want) (Live in Stockholm)
9: You Really Got A Hold On Me (Live in Stockholm)
10: Roll Over Beethoven (Live in Stockholm)

LP2 Side 4
1: She Loves You (Royal Variety Performance)
2: Till There Was You (Royal Variety Performance)
3: Twist And Shout (Royal Variety Performance)
4: This Boy (The Morecambe And Wise Show)
5: I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Morecambe And Wise Show)
6: Speech From The Morecambe And Wise Show
7: Moonlight Bay (The Morecambe And Wise Show)
8: Cant Buy Me Love (Take 2 with solo from Take 1)

LP3 Side 5
1: All My Loving (The Ed Sullivan Show)
2: You Cant Do That (Take 6)
3: And I Love Her (Take 2)
4: A Hard Days Night (Take 1)
5: I Wanna Be Your Man (Around The Beatles)
6: Long Tall Sally (Around The Beatles)
7: Boys (Around The Beatles session)
8: Shout (Around The Beatles)
9: Ill Be Back (Take 2)
10: Ill Be Back (Take 3)

LP3 Side 6
1: You Know What To Do (Demo)
2: No Reply (Demo)
3: Mr Moonlight (Takes 1 and 4)
4: Leave My Kitten Alone (Take 5)
5: No Reply (Take 2)
6: Eight Days A Week (Takes 1, 2 and 4)
7: Eight Days A Week (Take 5)
8: Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Take 2)

Anthology 2
LP1 Side 1
1: Real Love (1996 mix)
2: Yes It Is (Takes 2 and 14)
3: Im Down (Take 1)
4: Youve Got To Hide Your Love Away (Take 5)
5: If Youve Got Trouble (Take 1)
6: That Means A Lot (Take 1)
7: Yesterday (Take 1)
8: Its Only Love (Takes 3 and 2)

LP1 Side 2
1: I Feel Fine (Blackpool Night Out)
2: Ticket To Ride (Blackpool Night Out)
3: Yesterday (Blackpool Night Out)
4: Help! (Blackpool Night Out)
5: Everybodys Trying To Be My Baby (Live at Shea Stadium, New York)
6: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Take 1)
7: Im Looking Through You (Take 1)
8: 12-Bar Original (Take 2 edited)

LP2 Side 3
1: Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)
2: Got To Get You Into My Life (Take 5)
3: And Your Bird Can Sing (Take 2)
4: Taxman (Take 11)
5: Eleanor Rigby (Take 14 Strings only)
6: Im Only Sleeping (Rehearsal)
7: Im Only Sleeping (Take 1)
8: Rock And Roll Music (Live in Tokyo)
9: Shes A Woman (Live in Tokyo)

LP2 Side 4
1: Strawberry Fields Forever (Home demo sequence)
2: Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1)
3: Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7 and edit piece)
4: Penny Lane (Remix)
5: A Day In The Life (Takes 1, 2, 6 and orchestra)
6: Good Morning Good Morning (Take 8)
7: Only A Northern Song (Takes 3 and 12)

LP3 Side 5
1: Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (Takes 1 and 2)
2: Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (Take 7)
3: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Takes 6, 7 and 8)
4: Within You Without You (Instrumental)
5: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Take 5)
6: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (Stereo remix)

LP3 Side 6
1: I Am The Walrus (Take 16)
2: The Fool On The Hill (Demo)
3: Your Mother Should Know (Take 27)
4: The Fool On The Hill (Take 4)
5: Hello, Goodbye (Take 16)
6: Lady Madonna (Takes 3 and 4)
7: Across The Universe (Take 2)

Anthology 3
LP1 Side 1
1: A Beginning
2: Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Esher demo with false start)
3: Helter Skelter (Take 2 edited)
4: Mean Mr Mustard (Esher demo)
5: Polythene Pam (Esher demo)
6: Glass Onion (Esher demo)
7: Junk (Esher demo)
8: Piggies (Esher demo)
9: Honey Pie (Esher demo edited)
10: Dont Pass Me By (Take 3 with Take 5 vocal)
11: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (First version – Take 5)
12: Good Night (Rehearsal and Take 34)

LP1 Side 2
1: Cry Baby Cry (Take 1)
2: Blackbird (Take 4)
3: Sexy Sadie (Take 6)
4: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Acoustic version – Take 1)
5: Hey Jude (Take 2)
6: Not Guilty (Take 102 edited)
7: Mother Natures Son (Take 2)

LP2 Side 3
1: Glass Onion (Original mono mix)
2: Rocky Raccoon (Take 8)
3: Whats The New Mary Jane (Take 4)
4: Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias (Studio jam)
5: Im So Tired (Edit of Takes 3, 6 and 9)
6: I Will (Take 1)
7: Why Dont We Do It In The Road (Take 4)
8: Julia (Take 2)

LP2 Side 4
1: Ive Got A Feeling (Apple Studio)
2: She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Apple Studio)
3: Dig A Pony (Apple Studio)
4: Two Of Us (Apple Studio)
5: For You Blue (Apple Studio)
6: Teddy Boy (Apple Studio)
7: Medley: Rip It Up / Shake, Rattle And Roll / Blue Suede Shoes (Apple Studio jam)

LP3 Side 5
1: The Long And Winding Road (Apple Studio)
2: Oh! Darling (Apple Studio)
3: All Things Must Pass (Demo)
4: Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (Apple Studio jam)
5: Get Back (Third rooftop performance)
6: Old Brown Shoe (Demo)
7: Octopuss Garden (Take 2)
8: Maxwells Silver Hammer (Take 5)

LP3 Side 6
1: Something (Demo)
2: Come Together (Take 1)
3 Come and Get It (Demo 1996 remix)
4: Aint She Sweet (Studio jam)
5: Because (Vocals only)
6: Let It Be (Apple Studio)
7: I Me Mine (Take 16)
8: The End (Remix with the final chord of A Day In The Life)

Anthology 4
LP1 Side 1
1: I Saw Her Standing There (Take 2)
2: Money (Thats What I Want) (RM7 undubbed)
3: This Boy (Takes 12 and 13)
4: Tell Me Why (Takes 4 and 5)
5: If I Fell (Take 11)
6: Matchbox (Take 1)
7: Every Little Thing (Takes 6 and 7)
8: I Need You (Take 1)

LP1 Side 2
1: Ive Just Seen A Face (Take 3)
2: In My Life (Take 1)
3: Nowhere Man (First version Take 2)
4: Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version unnumbered mix)
5: Love You To (Take 7)
6: Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26)
7: Shes Leaving Home (Take 1 instrumental)

LP2 Side 3
1: Baby, Youre A Rich Man (Takes 11 and 12)
2: All You Need Is Love (Rehearsal for BBC broadcast)
3: The Fool On The Hill (Take 5 Instrumental)
4: I Am The Walrus (Take 19 strings, brass, clarinet overdub)

LP2 Side 4
1: Hey Bulldog (Take 4 instrumental)
2: Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)
3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third Version Take 27)
4: (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (Studio jam)
5: Helter Skelter (Second version Take 17)
6: I Will (Take 29)
7: Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1)
8: Julia (Two rehearsals)

LP3 Side 5
1: Get Back (Take 8)
2: Octopus’s Garden (Rehearsal)
3: Don’t Let Me Down (First rooftop performance)
4: You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
5: Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
6: Something (Take 39 instrumental strings only)

LP3 Side 6
1: Free As A Bird (2025 mix)
2: Real Love (2025 mix)
3: Now And Then

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8 CD Tracklist:

Anthology 1
CD Disc One:
1: Free As A Bird (1995 mix)
2: John Lennon Speech 1
3: Thatll Be The Day
4: In Spite Of All The Danger
5: Paul McCartney Speech 1
6: Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Home demo)
7: Youll Be Mine (Home demo)
8: Cayenne (Home demo)
9: Paul McCartney Speech 2
10: My Bonnie
11: Aint She Sweet
12: Cry For A Shadow
13: John Lennon Speech 2
14: Brian Epstein Speech 1
15: Searchin (Decca audition)
16: Three Cool Cats (Decca audition)
17: The Sheik Of Araby (Decca audition)
18: Like Dreamers Do (Decca audition)
19: Hello Little Girl (Decca audition)
20: Brian Epstein Speech 2
21: Besame Mucho (June 1962 version)
22: Love Me Do (First version)
23: How Do You Do It
24: Please Please Me (First version)
25: One After 909 (Takes 3, 4 and 5)
26: One After 909 (Edit of Takes 4 and 5)
27: Lend Me Your Comb (BBC recording)
28: Ill Get You (Sunday Night at the London Palladium)
29: John Lennon Speech 3
30: I Saw Her Standing There (Live in Stockholm)
31: From Me To You (Live in Stockholm)
32: Money (Thats What I Want) (Live in Stockholm)
33: You Really Got A Hold On Me (Live in Stockholm)
34: Roll Over Beethoven (Live in Stockholm)

CD Disc Two:
1: She Loves You (Royal Variety Performance)
2: Till There Was You (Royal Variety Performance)
3: Twist And Shout (Royal Variety Performance)
4: This Boy (The Morecambe And Wise Show)
5: I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Morecambe And Wise Show)
6: Speech From The Morecambe And Wise Show
7: Moonlight Bay (The Morecambe And Wise Show)
8: Cant Buy Me Love (Take 2 with solo from Take 1)
9: All My Loving (The Ed Sullivan Show)
10: You Cant Do That (Take 6)
11: And I Love Her (Take 2)
12: A Hard Days Night (Take 1)
13: I Wanna Be Your Man (Around The Beatles)
14: Long Tall Sally (Around The Beatles)
15: Boys (Around The Beatles session)
16: Shout (Around The Beatles)
17: Ill Be Back (Take 2)
18: Ill Be Back (Take 3)
19: You Know What To Do (Demo)
20: No Reply (Demo)
21: Mr Moonlight (Takes 1 and 4)
22: Leave My Kitten Alone (Take 5)
23: No Reply (Take 2)
24: Eight Days A Week (Takes 1, 2 and 4)
25: Eight Days A Week (Take 5)
26: Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Take 2)

Anthology 2
CD Disc One:
1: Real Love (1996 mix)
2: Yes It Is (Takes 2 and 14)
3: Im Down (Take 1)
4: Youve Got To Hide Your Love Away (Take 5)
5: If Youve Got Trouble (Take 1)
6: That Means A Lot (Take 1)
7: Yesterday (Take 1)
8: Its Only Love (Takes 3 and 2)
9: I Feel Fine (Blackpool Night Out)
10: Ticket To Ride (Blackpool Night Out)
11: Yesterday (Blackpool Night Out)
12: Help! (Blackpool Night Out)
13: Everybodys Trying To Be My Baby (Live at Shea Stadium, New York)
14: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Take 1)
15: Im Looking Through You (Take 1)
16: 12-Bar Original (Take 2 edited)
17: Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)
18: Got To Get You Into My Life (Take 5)
19: And Your Bird Can Sing (Take 2)
20: Taxman (Take 11)
21: Eleanor Rigby (Take 14 Strings only)
22: Im Only Sleeping (Rehearsal)
23: Im Only Sleeping (Take 1)
24: Rock And Roll Music (Live in Tokyo)
25: Shes A Woman (Live in Tokyo)

CD Disc Two:
1: Strawberry Fields Forever (Home demo sequence)
2: Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1)
3: Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7 and edit piece)
4: Penny Lane (Remix)
5: A Day In The Life (Takes 1, 2, 6 and orchestra)
6: Good Morning Good Morning (Take 8)
7: Only A Northern Song (Takes 3 and 12)
8: Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (Takes 1 and 2)
9: Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (Take 7)
10: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Takes 6, 7 and 8)
11: Within You Without You (Instrumental)
12: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Take 5)
13: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (Stereo remix)
14: I Am The Walrus (Take 16)
15: The Fool On The Hill (Demo)
16: Your Mother Should Know (Take 27)
17: The Fool On The Hill (Take 4)
18: Hello, Goodbye (Take 16)
19: Lady Madonna (Takes 3 and 4)
20: Across The Universe (Take 2)

Anthology 3
CD Disc One:
1: A Beginning
2: Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Esher demo with false start)
3: Helter Skelter (Take 2 edited)
4: Mean Mr Mustard (Esher demo)
5: Polythene Pam (Esher demo)
6: Glass Onion (Esher demo)
7: Junk (Esher demo)
8: Piggies (Esher demo)
9: Honey Pie (Esher demo edited)
10: Dont Pass Me By (Take 3 with Take 5 vocal)
11: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (First version – Take 5)
12: Good Night (Rehearsal and Take 34)
13: Cry Baby Cry (Take 1)
14: Blackbird (Take 4)
15: Sexy Sadie (Take 6)
16: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Acoustic version – Take 1)
17: Hey Jude (Take 2)
18: Not Guilty (Take 102 edited)
19: Mother Natures Son (Take 2)
20: Glass Onion (Original mono mix)
21: Rocky Raccoon (Take 8)
22: Whats The New Mary Jane (Take 4)
23: Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias (Studio jam)
24: Im So Tired (Edit of Takes 3, 6 and 9)
25: I Will (Take 1)
26: Why Dont We Do It In The Road (Take 4)
27: Julia (Take 2)

CD Disc Two:
1: Ive Got A Feeling (Apple Studio)
2: She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Apple Studio)
3: Dig A Pony (Apple Studio)
4: Two Of Us (Apple Studio)
5: For You Blue (Apple Studio)
6: Teddy Boy (Apple Studio)
7: Medley: Rip It Up / Shake, Rattle And Roll / Blue Suede Shoes (Apple Studio jam)
8: The Long And Winding Road (Apple Studio)
9: Oh! Darling (Apple Studio)
10: All Things Must Pass (Demo)
11: Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (Apple Studio jam)
12: Get Back (Third rooftop performance)
13: Old Brown Shoe (Demo)
14: Octopuss Garden (Take 2)
15: Maxwells Silver Hammer (Take 5)
16: Something (Demo)
17: Come Together (Take 1)
18: Come and Get It (Demo 1996 remix)
19: Aint She Sweet (Studio jam)
20: Because (Vocals only)
21: Let It Be (Apple Studio)
22: I Me Mine (Take 16)
23: The End (Remix with the final chord of A Day In The Life)

Anthology 4
CD Disc One:
1: I Saw Her Standing There (Take 2)
2: Money (Thats What I Want) (RM7 undubbed)
3: This Boy (Takes 12 and 13)
4: Tell Me Why (Takes 4 and 5)
5: If I Fell (Take 11)
6: Matchbox (Take 1)
7: Every Little Thing (Takes 6 and 7)
8: I Need You (Take 1)
9: Ive Just Seen A Face (Take 3)
10: In My Life (Take 1)
11: Nowhere Man (First version Take 2)
12: Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version unnumbered mix)
13: Love You To (Take 7)
14: Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26)
15: Shes Leaving Home (Take 1 instrumental)
16: Baby, Youre A Rich Man (Takes 11 and 12)
17: All You Need Is Love (Rehearsal for BBC broadcast)
18: The Fool On The Hill (Take 5 Instrumental)
19: I Am The Walrus (Take 19 strings, brass, clarinet overdub)

CD Disc Two:
1: Hey Bulldog (Take 4 instrumental)
2: Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)
3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third Version Take 27)
4: (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (Studio jam)
5: Helter Skelter (Second version Take 17)
6: I Will (Take 29)
7: Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1)
8: Julia (Two rehearsals)
9: Get Back (Take 8)
10: Octopus’s Garden (Rehearsal)
11: Don’t Let Me Down (First rooftop performance)
12: You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
13: Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
14: Something (Take 39 instrumental strings only)
15: Free As A Bird (2025 mix)
16: Real Love (2025 mix)
17: Now And Then